Then, indeed, Festus answered that Paul is kept in Caesarea, and himself is about speedily to go on thither,

'Therefore those able among you -- saith he -- having come down together, if there be anything in this man -- let them accuse him;'

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

and it hath been declared to thee, and thou hast heard, and hast searched diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in Israel --

then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness [is] a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

'Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'